note 57369 added to function.xml-parse

I wanted to create a really simple XML parser, but I found the array management in xml_parse a bit daunting. So I flattened my XML and parsed it using string matching. It wouldn't be difficult to add xml depth (of 2 plus levels) by modifying the parsedXML array. <? // here's the raw html $xmlRaw="<order>Order data</order><label>Label data</label><control>123</control>"; // here are the xml field names $xmlFieldNames=array("order", "label", "control"); // for each xml field... foreach ($xmlFieldNames as $xmlField) { if(strpos($xmlRaw,$xmlField)!==false){ // I've broken 1 single line into 4 for display purposes $parsedXML[$xmlField]=substr($xmlRaw, strpos($xmlRaw,"<$xmlField>")+strlen("<$xmlField>"), strpos($xmlRaw,"</$xmlField>")-strlen("<$xmlField>") -strpos($xmlRaw,"<$xmlField>")); } } print_r($parsedXML); // prints: Array ( [order] => Order data [label] => Label data [control] => 123 ) ?> Hope you find this useful (coded it while ill in bed with streaming cold, but felt much better afterwards!) Tim (a lazy coder) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.xml-parse.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57369 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57369&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57369&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php